Rustboro Gym

Rustboro Gym カナズミジム Kanazumi Gym
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Location	Rustboro City
Gym Leader	Roxanne
Badge	Stone Badge
Dominant Type	Rock
Region	Hoenn
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Battlefield

The Rustboro Gym (Japanese: カナズミジム Kanazumi Gym) is the official gym of Rustboro City. It is based on Template:Type2 Pokémon. It is one of the eight official gyms that form part of the Hoenn League. The Gym Leader is Roxanne. Trainers who defeat her receive the Stone Badge.

In the games

The Rustboro Gym is in the Generation III games Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. It is a simple field full of boulders and a small amount of members. There are no significant puzzles in the gym, although trainers can walk behind the members of the Gym and chose to skip directly to battling Roxanne if they wish. The trainers and the leader's party are different in Emerald.

When defeated, Roxanne will give the player the Stone Badge as well as TM39 (Rock Tomb) as a reward.

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $96	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.6 No item
Youngster Tommy Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $176	Geodude♂ Lv.11 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald

File:GBA Trainer Roxanne.png Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Ruby and Sapphire Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1500
Types: Rock Ground Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.14 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Types: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Nosepass♀ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Josh Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $160	Geodude♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Tommy Youngster Tommy カツオ Katsuo Reward: $128	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
Hiker Marc Hiker Marc ソウタロウ Sōtarō Reward: $320	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.8 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

File:GBA Trainer Roxanne.png Leader Roxanne Rustboro Gym Emerald Leader and Professor Roxanne Oak Rustboro Gym Emerald Reward: $1500

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Geodude♀ Lv.12 Tackle Normal   --       Defense Curl Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Types: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Oran Berry Nosepass♀ Lv.15 Block Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Tackle Normal   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

In the anime

The only appearance of the gym is in A Winner by a Nosepass!. After meeting Roxanne as a teacher in the Pokémon Trainer's School, Ash asks her for a battle. The academy and the gym are connected in many ways. Most of the matches are filmed, so the students can watch and study actual gym battles to learn more about them. Also, a few students work in the gym as interns to gain valuable experience as trainers. Some of the jobs are to clean the battlefield, film the matches, and be the referees. The battle is an elimination match with each trainer using two Pokémon, only the challenger is allowed to substitute Pokémon.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Before challenging Roxanne, the challenger must take a pop quiz on Pokémon, and cannot challenge the Gym Leader unless they pass.

The challenger, as well as Roxanne, can only use two Pokémon, and will lose if either one of them faints.

Sapphire battled here with her Aron, which defeated Roxanne's Nosepass.